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According to the catastrophists, new species do not evolve gradually; they proliferate following sudden mass extinctions. Placing this major change of perspective within the context of a range of ancient debates, Palmer discusses such topics as the history of the solar system, present-day extraterrestrial threats to earth, hominid evolution, and the fossil record.
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"Trevor Palmer … provides in this volume a chronicle of the emergence of catastrophe evidence and thought. He explores planetary science, paleontology, geology, and evolution, with emphasis on human evolution from about 1970 to 1999, but with substantial expeditions into the history of astronomy and evolutionary theory … . it is … a major contribution to understanding the growth of the present position. … Palmer thoroughly documents the K-T extinction dispute." (Hiram Caton, Reports of the National Center for Science Education, Vol. 25 (3-4), 2005)
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Book Title: Controversy Catastrophism and Evolution
Book Subtitle: The Ongoing Debate
Authors: Trevor Palmer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4901-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45751-7Published: 28 February 1999
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7222-6Published: 23 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-4901-7Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 452
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory